The Death Of General Mallaby

This project is a short film depicting the events surrounding the death of Brigadier General A.W.S. Mallaby in Surabaya, 1945. Told entirely through visual storytelling without dialogue, it captures the escalation from tension to chaos, showing how a single moment ignited a city and reshaped history. The film focuses on atmosphere, scale, and human emotion, blending historical realism with cinematic framing to re-interpret one of Indonesia’s most pivotal moments.